frame of reference
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5.8
- noun
- /freɪm əv ˈrɛfərəns/
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marco de referencia
- Recent scholarship and cultural productions are further complicating and extending the frame of reference for Northwest Coast art.
- a broad frame of reference
- provides a frame of reference
- a meaningful frame of reference
But the real thing is what is the frame of reference that you build?
- But the real thing is what is the frame of reference that you build?
- And so it's very important that you have a frame of reference for these concepts to land.
- The book will help him for provides an external frame of reference.
- Their only frame of reference is themselves and their own fragile egos.
- You never get to to connect beyond somebody else's like cultural frame of reference, right?
- You have to explain how it is that when we observe the world, we see definite frames of reference.
- So that was so strange and it just made me go, whoa, I'm having one experience, one frame of reference over here.
- The audience has no frame of reference to make sense out of that, which is great because it makes the audience curious.
- I didn't have a frame of reference for the kind of love that you can have for one of these dogs and that this dog can turn you into a nut.
Examples
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There are many such moments, and they create a frame of reference in Frederic's mind.
Academic text (1993) -
Now, we would need some sort of frame of reference in order to say which one was objectively right or wrong.
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But the real thing is what is the frame of reference that you build?
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But so if we, if we take that frame of reference, Europe looks OK.
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You have to build a frame of reference that moves you towards your North Star.
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Whether a spirit is good or bad, of course, depends on one's frame of reference.
Academic text (1992) -
And so it's very important that you have a frame of reference for these concepts to land.
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What sports history needs most is a wide perspective and a broad frame of reference.
Academic text (1991) -
Simply put, transformative learners realign their frame of reference as more knowledge is obtained.
Academic text (2012) -
In order to solve the problem effectively, we must consider the frame of reference that influences our decisions.
Synonyms
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4.1
A way of thinking shaped by your beliefs or experiences
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6.2
A set of ideas or rules people use to understand things
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'frame' (a structure or framework) with 'reference' (a point or standard), so the sense 'a framework for judging or understanding' is largely compositional and mirrored in many other languages. However, the meaning relies on an abstract/metaphorical sense of 'frame' rather than a concrete object and appears in a more academic register, so a B1 learner who only knows literal senses may not fully infer it without some exposure.
Etymology
Frame of reference is like a hidden picture frame of ideas you look through. Your beliefs and rules form the frame and the reference points you use to judge things, so people can understand the same facts differently depending on their 'point of view'.